Disappearing machine rest for sewing-machine tables



Feb. 4, 1930. I D. H. CHASON 1,745,781

DISAPPEARING MACHINE BEST FOR SEWING MACHINE TABLES Fi1ed n 12, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 4, 1930.

D. H. CHASON 1,745,781

' DISAPPEARING MACHINE REST FOR SEWING MACHINE TABLES Filed June 12, 1928 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .Z I2 16 f 1 0' I J N L\ j w Zlwuentoz F7 I 1 3 DanielHCZasbn ww @7 351,,

Patented ch. 4, 1939- .DANIEL;s..cni es,fer ELIZABETH} sew JERSEY, Assieuon To THE SINGER MANU- --Thisinvention-relates to sewing machine tables, more particularly oft-hedrop-head In the manufacture of tables of i this type itis customar'y to make the table- 1 top and cover-sections'fi-oin the same pieceoi wood tomalnta nuniformity of color' continuity of the graiuing {the piece which sections subsequently hinged togethen-so that the section or sections of the cover notused when the sewing machlne 1s raised to operative position may be swung to a concealed position below the table-top- It is customary'to use one of the cover-sections to support one edge of the sewing ma:

; chine bed when the sewing machine is raised tooperative position and, for this'purpose,

thepractice is to rabbet or undercut the edge of the. machine-bed supporting section and 5 glue a strip of wood in the cut-out portion;

the glued-in strip projecting beyond the edge of the *covensection to form a machine-bed supporting ledge. The adjacent cover-section 1S rabbetedto receive such ledge when the sections of thefcover are swung to he in a icommonplane. These wood-working operaions are troublesome and costly.

According to the present improvement no- -wood-working operations other than sawing straight through the cover,' to section the lat I ter, are necessary. The machine-bed support- .ing section of the cover is provided with one j machine-supporting position whenthe adjaition.

cent cover-sectionis swung to concealed po- When the adjacent cover-section is swung back to initial position, its edgeengagestherests and pushes them back of the edge of their supporting cover-section.

, f lnthe accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a topplan View of a sewing machine table em- A pplicatio n' filed June 12,

wood surface.

nrsarrsiinme MAQHINE REST ronfsnwmegnecnmn TABLES 1928 Serial no. 284,85

bodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through'the table with the sewing machine head in concealed position. Fig. 3 is a similar View with the sewing machine head raised to operative position. Fig. l is anmedgeiview of thecover-section which carries the machine-bed supporting rests.

Fig. 5 is detail sectional View through two adjoining cover-sections showing one of the machine bedrests. and Fig. 6 is disassem- "is' sawed-t'rom the table-topin cuttingthe aperture therein heingiisecl for ;the cover which, in turn, is sawedinto a plurality of bled perspective View of the machine-bed rest shown in Fig. '5. V I

v In the preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated 1 represents the top of a sewing machinetable having an aperture 2 to the edge'3 of which is connected by hinges ithe bed 5 ofthe'sewing machine 6 which may be swungabout the hinges 4 to raise and-lower 'ltthrough theaperture 3 .betwe'en the concealed position shown in Fig. 2and the 'op-' erative position shown in Fig. 3.

' lVhen the sewing machine 6 is in lowered position,'the aperture 2 is closedby a flush cover comprising three sections 7 7 and 7 "the sections T and T being connected'together by the hinges 8-and the sections 7* and 7? being connected by the hinges 9. 1 The cover,

as awhole, is connected by hinges 1 0 tothe edge 'ofthe aperture 3- opposite the edgento which the sewing machine hinges li-are secured. The cover-sections 7' 7", 7 are sawed from the same piece of wood which is cutout of the table-top .1 in sawing the aperture 3, thus maintaining uniformity of color and continuity ofthe, graining of "the exposed Let into recesses 11 in the edge of the coversection't' adjoining the section 7 are a pair of disappearing machine-bed rests 12in the form ofz shapedelements the lower horizontal'bars 13 ofj'which are slidably mounted in waysgformed by the superposed flat and troughed plates,14 and 15, respectively} A stop-pin 16' carried by the bar. 13 of-each rest l'2zenters a'slot 17; in its supporting troughed plate"l5ilandg-limits. the sliding movement of the rest: An expansion spring 18in each recesslljbears against the upper end of the inclined bar 19, Fig. 5, of each rest and yieldingly, -urges..the rest to move. outwardly f Qm raoci uitrnqcon rauy, on E rzABETHp New JnnsnY, A CORPORATION 01* NEW the abutting edgesof thesections 7 7 its recess 11 across the edge of its supporting cover-section 7 to machine-bed supporting posltlon, Fig. 3, in which position the coversections 7* and 7 are'swung under the section 7? toia concealed position below the top 1. When the sewing machine 6 is lowered through the aperture'Q, the cover-sections 7 and 7 are to be swung about the r respective hi'nge conneotions 'so as to he ln a common plane flush withthe' table-top, asrshown in Fig.2. During this swinging movement of the cover-sections, vtheedge of section 7 ad jace'nt section 7 engages the machine-bed 1'ests'12 and forces them baclc-into their recesses 11, as shown in Figs. 5 and 2. Vie-arplatesgQQfarepreferably secured to the coverc section 7 1to engage the'rests 12.

Y vention, what I claim herein is liAisewing machine table having'a top formed with an aperture and a cavity below said: top into which the sewing machine is dropped through said aperturewhen not in use,iav.flush clover comprising a plurality of sections hingedtogether and to the. table-top andiadapted to close: said aperture, and means 'earriedby one of said cover-sections at the hinged joint between: it and an adjacent hover-section for supporting one edge of the ,machine-bedwhen the machine is raised to operative-position, said means being movable relative was carrier cover-section into and out of'machine supporting positlon.

2.- A sewing machine table having a top formedwith an aperture and a cavity below said t'op into whieh the sewing machine is dropped through.- said' aperture when not in first-mentioned edge to machinebed sup-- port ng position when said cover-sections are swung relatively to one another about their hlIlgfiCOXlIlBCtlOIl.

, 4. In a sewing machine-table, the comb nation witha plurality of cover-sections having 7 their abutting edges hinged together, of a I spring-pressed sewing machine bed-support let into one of said edgesandengagingthe other edge under spring-pressure and autom atically projeetable from said one of said edges when the cover-sections are relatively swung about their hinge connection.

' 5. In a sewing machine-table, the combina illOH'Wlth a pair of hinge-connected cove'r-jsec-L tions of a 1nachine-bed rest, including a lower horizontal bar having at one end an ofiset head, the lower horizontal bar of said rest'bei ing slidably mounted on the under side or one of said cover-sections and the offset head being received in a notch in one edge: of said I cover-section, and a spring for urging said rest into engagement with the edge of the ad joining cover-section, whereby when thead- V pining cover-section 1s swung about 1ts.

hinge-connection thehead of the machine-bed rest is projected'out of said notch by its spring. a

Intestimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

' DANIEL vH; CHASON.

use, a flush cover comprising a plurality of 1 sections hinged together and to the table-top and adapted toclose said aperture, and means carried by one-of said cover-sectionsfor supporting oneedge of the machine-bed when the machine is, raised to operative position, said means being automatically movable relative to its carrier cover-section into and out of machine supporting position by engagement with the adjacent cover-section.

sewing machine-table having a top formed with an aperture, a sewing machine having abed. hinged to said top atone side 1' said aperture toswin-g through the latter, a flush cover hinged to said topatithe opposite side'o-f' said, aperture, said-cover comprising a plural'ityofseetions hinged together, and a spnng pressed' machine-bed rest {carried by one-of said oover-seetionsadwcent an edge O-fthe-latter and, pressing against' the adjacent edge of theadj oining 'covenseetion, so

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